Rotary arm quiver



June 26, 1962 L. COTE ROTARY ARM QUIVER Filed Nov. 15, 1960 LAW/Pave: C075 INVENTOR 1 I I I ATTORNEYS.

United States Patent Office 3,040,942 Patented June 26, 1962 3,040,942 ROTARY ARM QUIVER Lawrence Cote, Rte. 1, Holcombe, Wis. Filed Nov. 15, 1960, Ser. No. 69,439 1 Claim. (Cl. 22428) This invention relates to quivers and aims to provide a rotary quiver which will automatically rotate and deliver an arrow in the proper position for ready accessibility, upon Successive removal of arrows from the quiver.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a quiver which may be readily attached to the archers arm holding or carrying the bow, so that the arrows held by the quiver will be supported in such position With respect to the arm that they may be readily removed for use.

An important object of the invention is to provide a rotary quiver which will rotate upon removal of an arrow from the quiver, to deliver the adjacent or succeeding arrow to a position for convenient removal, means being provided for contacting the succeeding adjacent arrow for restricting the rotation of the quiver.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a quiver which will hold the arrows firmly in place against accidental displacement incident to the moving of the arms in executing the shot with the bow and arrows.

Other and further objects and advantages of this invention will be hereinafter described, and the novel features thereof defined in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevational view of a quiver con structed in accordance with the invention, illustrating the quiver as secured to the arm of the user, the quiver being loaded with arrows.

FIGURE 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 4 is a sectional view taken on line 44 of FIGURE 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the quiver embodies a guard indicated generally by the reference character 5, the guard being constructed of any suitable material such as rubber, plastic or the like, the guard being transversely curved to fit the curvature of the arm of the person using the quiver.

The quiver also includes a frame embodying a horizontal bar 6 constructed preferably of aluminum, the ends of the bar 6 being extended upwardly providing bearing supporting arms 7, the bearing supporting arms being provided with bearing openings adjacent to the upper ends thereof, in which the ends of the shaft 8 are mounted for rotary movement.

The bar 6 is secured to the guard by means of an aluminum plate 9 which is curved to fit over the arm of the person using the quiver. A strap 10 is connected to the plate 9 and encircles the forearm of the wearer of the quiver.

At the other end of bar 6 is a wide strap 11 having a tapered portion forming a loop 12 to fit over the hand of the archer. The plate 9 and strap 11 are secured to the guard 5 and bar 6 by rivets 13.

The guard 5 is formed with openings arranged in spaced relation with respect to each other, through which the horizontal bar 6 extends.

Mounted at each end of the shaft 8, and spaced from the associated arm 7, is a rubber disk 14, the disk 14 at one end of the shaft 8 being provided with notches 15 arranged in spaced relation with respect to each other in the arc of a circle, the notches 15 extending inwardly from the periphery of the disk, the width. of the notches being such that the walls of the notches will grip an arrow positioned therein, the arrows in the present showing being indicated by the reference character A.

The disk 14 at the opposite end of the shaft 8 is provided with circular openings 16 which oepnings are designed to accommodate the pointed ends of the arrows, as clearly shown by FIGURE 1 of the drawing.

A guard disk indicated by the reference character 17 is also constructed preferably of hard rubber and against which the pointed ends of the arrows abut, as shown by FIGURE 1 of the drawing.

Thus it will be seen that due to this construction, the arrows which are supported in the aligning openings of the disks 14, will be held against longitudinal movement with respect to the shaft 8, in one direction.

At one end of the frame, is a plate 18 which is secured to the innermost arm 7, and provides a stop against which the arrows engage When the quiver is being rotated due to the removal of an arrow therefrom.

The reference character 19 indicates a coiled spring which has one of its respective ends anchored to the horizontal bar 6, at 20, the opposite end of the coiled spring 19 being wrapped around the shaft 8 to normally bias the shaft 8 in a clockwise direction.

In the use of the quiver, it will be noted that when the quiver is loaded with the required amount of arrows, one of the arrows or the arrow which contacts with the guard plate 18 is removed, the rotary disks 14, together with the arrows supported thereby will rotate slightly until the adjacent consecutive arrow contacts one edge of the guard plate 18, by means of the coiled spring 19 biasing the shaft 8 in a clockwise direction. It will of course be understood that when the next or adjacent arrow is removed, the operation will be duplicated and the adjacent arrow will move to a position for convenient removal by the person operating the bow and arrow.

It will therefore be obvious that due to the construction shown and described, I have provided a quiver which may be readily and easily attached to the arm of a person using a bow and arrow, the quiver automatically rotating when an arrow has been removed, thereby bringing another arrow or the consecutive arrow held by the disks of the quiver, to a position for convenient and ready removal for use.

In view of the foregoing detailed disclosure, it is believed that a further detailed description as to the construction and operation of the device is unnecessary.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

In an arm quiver, a guard constructed. of sheet material transversely curved, straps connected With said guard for strapping the guard on the human arm, a bar secured to said guard longitudinally thereof, bearing arms extending laterally from the ends of said bar and disposed in parallel spaced relation with respect to each other, a rotatable shaft extending between said bearing arms, arrow supporting disks secured on said shaft adjacent said arms, the side faces of said disks being disposed vertically, said disks having aligned openings for the reception of arrows, spring means for normally biasing the shaft and disks in a clockwise direction, as said arrows are removed from said disks successively, a stop plate arranged in the path of travel of the arrows for temporarily stopping the rotation of said disks and arrows as said arrows are successively moved into abutting relationship with said stop and a guard disk secured at one end of said bar between one arrow supporting disk and its adjacent bearing arm against which the pointed ends of arrows contact guarding the pointed ends of said arrows held in said disks.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,665,517 Archer Ian. 12, 1954 2,746,658 Freid May 22, 1956 2,956,603 Maule Oct. 18, 1960 .,984,277 Neff May 16, 1961 

